Plate 1 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1962, X (1). [p.88, Fig.150]. Male (Sagami Bay): a, forehead (left lateral side); b, urosome (dorsal); c, last thoracic segment and segments 1-2 of the urosome (left lateral side); d, rostrum (dorsal view); e, exopod of P1; f, P2; g, P5; h, terminal segment of exopod of right P5; i, endopod of right P5.
Nota Male: - Cephalothorax about 2.26 times the abdomen length. - Head and 1st pedigerous segment fused, 4th and 5th pedigers fused. - Posterolateral corners of last thoracic segment rounded. - Rostrum robust, spines terminate in a fine filament at the distal half. - Abdomen 5-segmented; segments and caudal rami in the proportional lengths 11 : 40 : 18 : 21 : 3 : 7 = 100. - Md robust. - A1 20-segmented on the left side , extends to the end of thoracic segment. Right A1 with segments 20 and 21 fused. - A2 exopod 1.2 times as long as endopod. - Mx1 inner lobe (arthrite) with 13 setae; 2nd inner lobe with 2 setae; 3rd inner lobe with 4 setae; 9 setae on the exopod; 9 setae on the outer lobe. - Mx2 well developed, the terminal segments have 3 long vermiform and 4 amalliform (bud-like) filaments; the 5th lobe has a long and powerful spine. - Mxp with a sensory filament on the middle of the 1st basal segment. - P1 with the outer edge spine on the 1st exopodal segment long, reaching the base of the outer edge of the 2nd segment. - P2 with the outer edge spine of the 1st exopodal segment long and curved. - P5 reaches back to the end of the 4th abdominal segment; 2nd and 3rd exopodal segments of the right leg of characteristic shape (fig.h); endopod of right leg fairly long, extends about to the middle of the 1st exopodal segment. In left leg exopod 3-segmented, slightly longer than the 2-segmented endopod.
Plate 2 issued from : O. Tanaka in Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 1962, X (1). [p.87]. Male: Proportional lengths of segments A1 on the left side. The segments 20 and 21 are fused on the right side.
Distribution
NZ: 1
Distribution map of Scolecithricella lanceolata by geographical zones
Genus poorly assured: Amallothrix probable. The species resembles the male of S. valida, except the distal segment of the exopod of the right leg of P5. ? Cf. Amallothrix valida